The Clockwork Cabaret: Steampunk Radio

The sisters are excited about the upcoming St. Patrick's Day celebrations and decide to play a bunch of tunes in preparation. 03.14.11 playlist: Frenchy & the Punk - Yes, I'm French Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll The Cog Is Dead - The Copper War Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Rye Whiskey Two Man Gentlemen Band - Fancy Beer Tiger Lillies - Gin Three Day Threshold - A Pub with no Beer Man Man - Spider Cider The Poxy Boggards - Drink Til I Die Blaggards - Drunken Sailor Dandelion Junk Queens - Rub Alcohol Blues Flogging Molly - Salty Dog The Kissers - Kicked in the Head Die Roten Punkted - Astrid's Drinking Song Tom Waits - The Piano Has Been Drinking Circus Contraption - Drunkard's Dream Hellblinki - Sanjula's Junk Caravan Palace - Suzy The Zydepunks - Angel Whiskey The Dead Brothers - Can't Get Enough Rasputina - Fire & Ice The Decemberists - Little Boxes 16 Horsepower - Sinnerman Jolie Holland - Black Stars Pete Molinari - Sweet Louise Peggy Lee - A Doodlin' Song Louis Prima & Keely Smith - That Old Black Magic Squirrel Nut Zippers - The Suits Are Picking Up the Bill Of Montreal - Wraith Pinned to the Mist & Other Games Not Waving But Drowning - Let's Go Dancing  Logo: David Göbel, bulletride.deProduced by the Clockwork Cabaret. Hosted by Emmett & Mingan Davenport. More Info: clockworkcabaret.com, and follow @clockwrkcabaret on Twitter or Facebook.

Tonight the sisters are filling the airwaves with music they want to hear and they make no apologies... well, may be one or two. 03.07.11 playlist: M. Ward - Transfiguration #2 Danbert Nobacon - Information Storm The Decemberists - Calamity Song Nouvelle Vague - Road to Nowhere T. Rex - I Love to Boogie The Puppini Sisters - Heart of Glass Max Raabe - There Must Be An Angel Squirrel Nut Zippers - Lover's Lane Gogol Bordello - American Wedding Tiger Lillies - Don't Marry A Man Babyshambles - There She Goes DeVotchKa - Exhaustible Ingrid Lucia - The Kiss The Tenth Stage - Cinderella's Revenge April Smith & the Great Picture Show - Bright White Jackets Blair Crimmins & the Hookers - Old Man Cabbage Tape 5 - Dixie Biscuits Sir Mix-A-Lot - Buttermilk Biscuits P.J. Harvey - The Last Living Rose Man Man - Engrish Bwudd Madness - We Are London Professor Elemental - Steam Powered Uncle Leon & His Alibis - Baby Got Back Flogging Molly - Worst Day Since Yesterday Jonathan Coulton - Skullcrusher Mountain The Gourds - Ziggy Stardust Serge Gainsbourg - Bonnie & Clyde Jose Gonzalez - Teardrop Thoushaltnot - If I Were A Goth Logo: David Göbel, bulletride.deProduced by the Clockwork Cabaret. Hosted by Emmett & Mingan Davenport. More Info: clockworkcabaret.com, and follow @clockwrkcabaret on Twitter or Facebook.

Tonight's show marks the triumphant return of Phineas P. Moneyload, rogue financier, to the airwaves after a very long absence. The sisters enjoy Phineas' company & discuss the wonders of pie. Emmett's pet monkey, Pierre, doesn't seem happy about it at all... 02.28.11 playlist: The Magnetic Fields - Long Forgotten Fairytale Buster Poindexter - Castle in Spain CocoRosie - Fairy Paradise Bats For Lashes - The Wizard Hannah Fury - The Last Piece of Cake Man Man - The Ballad of Butter Beans Tom Waits - Chocolate Jesus Siouxsie & the Banshees - Trust in Me Bonzo Dog Band - 11 Mustachioed Daughters Janelle Monae - Violet Stars happy hunting Rasputina - Why Don't You Do Right? Helena Bonham Carter - The Worst Pies in London (from 'Sweeney Todd') Miranda Sex Garden - A Fairytale About Slavery Sweet Soubrette - Siren Song Hellblinki Sextet - Pirate's Life Tin Hat Trio - Old Grey Mare Karen Elson - The Ghost Who Walks Dandelion Junk Queens - St. James Infirmary Muppet Folk Band - To Morrow Sopwith Camel - Hello, Hello The Extraordinary Contraptions - Thorngauge Tally Hall - Ruler of Everything The Divine Comedy - My Imaginary Friend Adam Ant - Puss N' Boots Den of Thieves - The Worst Wizard Israel Kamakawiwo'ole - Somewhere Over the Rainbow Annie Lennox - Keep Young & Beautiful Frank Sinatra & Celeste Holm - Who Wants to be a Millionaire? (from 'High Society') Tiger Lillies - ABC (Arsenical Bun) The Gothic Archies - Scream & Run Away Logo: David Göbel, bulletride.deProduced by the Clockwork Cabaret. Hosted by Emmett & Mingan Davenport. More Info: clockworkcabaret.com, and follow @clockwrkcabaret on Twitter or Facebook.

The sisters have arrived once again to do the show, only to discover that it's some kind of holiday that they can't seem to figure out the meaning of... but not to fear! Emmett quickly investigates the meaning behind Presidents' Day & shares it with their listeners. Did you know there's a traditional hat and meal? You didn't? Well, there is now! 02.21.11 playlist: Two Man Gentlemen Band - William Howard Taft They Might Be Giants - James K. Polk Curtis Eller - John Wilkes Booth Escape the Clouds - Captain Morena Mighty Tiny - Waving at the Air The Fog People - Permission Withdrawn Ukelele Loki's Gadabout Orchestra - Efficiency Lemming Malloy - Bunker Song Rasputina - Cage in a Cave Beirut - A Sunday Smile Humanwine - Script Language Joanna Newsom - Clam, Crab, Cockle & Cowry Jordan Reyne - The Proximity of Death Beauxregard - Caroline (She's Gone) Grinderman - Evil St. Vincent - King Or Queen Grey DeLisle - Big Yellow Peaches Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man The Smiths - Cemetary Gate The Magnificent Seven - A Season In Hell Amanda Palmer - Runs in the Family Steam Powered Giraffe - Captain Albert Alexander Crash Test Dummies - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm A Band Called Horse - Haunted Phonograph My Chemical Romance - Mama Logo: David Göbel, bulletride.deProduced by the Clockwork Cabaret. Hosted by Emmett & Mingan Davenport. More Info: clockworkcabaret.com, and follow @clockwrkcabaret on Twitter or Facebook.

Today is Valentine's Day & we find a special guest aboard the Calpurnia, Mister Eli August. Having a guest aboard turns out to be a very good thing as Emmett feels like she's going to die, which leaves Mingan in control. Thankfully Mister August has brought a selection of Valentine's Day music to share with our listeners. 02.14.11 playlist: The Little Willies - Love Me Tom Waits - Blue Valentines Jenny Lewis & the Watson Twins - You Are What John Denver - Annie's Song Dolly Parton - Jolene CocoRosie - By Your Side The Drowning Lovers - Lover's Pact Lyle Lovett - North Dakota Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights Neko Case - That Teenage Feeling Crystal Gayle - Why Have You Left The One You Left Me For? The Magnetic Fields - I Don't Really Love You Anymore Johnny Cash - First Time Ever I Saw Your Face Tom Waits - Who Are You? Dex Romweber Duo - Love Letters Rickie Lee Jones & Dr. John - Makin' Whoopee Elvis Presley - Cold Kentucky Rain Cyndi Lauper - Walk On By Jeff Buckley - Lover, You Should Have Come Over Antony & the Johnsons - Hope There's Someone Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - And No More Shall We Part Bat For Lashes - Moon & Moon Bill Withers - Ain't No Sunshine Pete Molinari - I Don't Like the Man That I Am 16 Horsepower - Alone & Forsaken Tom & Silvia - Early Morning Rain Jolie Holland - Adieu False Heart Warren Zevon - Keep Me In Your Heart For Awhile Logo: David Göbel, bulletride.deProduced by the Clockwork Cabaret. Hosted by Emmett & Mingan Davenport. More Info: clockworkcabaret.com, and follow @clockwrkcabaret on Twitter or Facebook.

Splendid, yes indeed! The sisters are feeling giddy for various reasons & with that in mind, they create a concept album, ramble on about silly things, wish a listener happy birthday and talk about several events. 02.07.11 playlist: The Cog Is Dead - Death of the Cog This Way to the Egress - On a 45 PJ Harvey - Hardly Wait Beat Circus - Delirium Tremens Baby Dee - The Only Bones That Show Man Man - Spider Cider Over the Rhine - Let's Stay in Bed The Beatles - I'm So Tired Jill Tracy - The Somnabulist Waltz Two Man Gentlemen Band - The Hindenburg Disaster The Men Who Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing - Steph(v)enson Madness - Liberty of Norton Folgate Blair Crimmins & the Hookers - Old Man Cabbage Caro Emerald - That Man Kormac - Join Together CocoRosie - Japan Original London Cast - Angel of Music (from 'The Phantom of the Opera') Kathleen Battle - The Abduction from the Seraglio Parov Stelar - Chambermaid Swing The Real Tuesday Weld - Cloud Cuckooland Rasputina - Antique High Heel Red Doll Shoes Professor Elemental - Splendid The Extraordinaires - Neighborhood Watch Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man MC Frontalot - Penny Arcade Theme Logo: David Göbel, bulletride.deProduced by the Clockwork Cabaret. Hosted by Emmett & Mingan Davenport. More Info: clockworkcabaret.com, and follow @clockwrkcabaret on Twitter or Facebook.

Mingan & Emmett have eaten their fill of sweets moments before the show, so they're chock full of sugar and ready to go! 01.31.11 playlist: Not Waving But Drowning - Let's Go Dancing Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Runaway Secondhand Marching Band - A Dance to Half Death New Town Drunks - Always Home The Andrew Sisters - The Coffee Song Luminescent Orchestrii - Tea Evelyn Evelyn - Have You Seen My Sister Evelyn? Vagabond Orchestra - Creme Brulee Nina Simone - I Want A Little Sugar In My Bowl Madness - Sugar & Spice Cocteau Twins - Pitch the Baby The Tiger Lillies - Kick A Baby Bing Crosby & Bob Scobey Dance Band - Dream A Little Dream Of Me Eli August - A Second Story Jonathan Coulton - I Crush Everything Helena Bonham Carter & Johnny Depp - A Little Priest (from 'Sweeney Todd') Howard Keel - Bless Yore Beautiful Hide (from 'Seven Brides for Seven Brothers') Robert Preston - Marian the Librarian (from 'The Music Man') They Might Be Giant - James K. Polk Electric Light Orchestra - Mister Blue Sky Jace Everett - Bad Things Chris Isaak - Speak of the Devil Grinderman - Heathen Child Man Man - Ten Pound Mustache Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - I Want To Be Like You Mr B, the Gentleman Rhymer - Hail the Chap Henry Hall's BBC Orchestra - Thank you, Mister Bach Wayne Newton - Danke Schoen Logo: David Göbel, bulletride.deProduced by the Clockwork Cabaret. Hosted by Emmett & Mingan Davenport. More Info: clockworkcabaret.com, and follow @clockwrkcabaret on Twitter or Facebook.

Tonight's show marks the third year of The Clockwork Cabaret & we couldn't be happier. The sisters celebrate by playing some of their favorite songs and are filled with general giddiness. 01.24.11 playlist: Voltaire - Happy Birthday (My Olde Friende) The Gypsy Nomads - Happy Madness Anthony & the Johnsons - You Are My Sister The Puppini Sisters - Sisters The Ditty Bops - Sister Kate The Real Tuesday Weld - Cloud Cuckooland Two Man Gentlemen Band - Let's Make A Sandwich Mad Tea Party - Box of Kittens Bat For Lashes - Seal Jubilee Why Are We Building Such A Big Ship? - Release the Kraken The Decemberists - The Mariner's Revenge Song Squirrel Nut Zippers - The Kraken The Harlem James Gang - My Strut is Incredible Adam Ant - Goody Two Shoes Gogol Bordello - Start Wearing Purple Dr Steel - Back & Forth April Smith & the Great Picture Show - Wow & Flutter Max Raabe & the Palast Orchester - Tainted Love M. Ward - Let's Dance Count Zero - Golden Years Revue Noir - Rock n' Roll Suicide The Watson Twins - Just Like Heaven The Tiger Lillies - Gin Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Rye Whiskey Tom Waits - The Piano Has Been Drinking The Magnificent Seven - The Last Waltz Logo: David Göbel, bulletride.deProduced by the Clockwork Cabaret. Hosted by Emmett & Mingan Davenport. More Info: clockworkcabaret.com, and follow @clockwrkcabaret on Twitter or Facebook.

The sisters celebrate the birth of that master of melancholy, murder & madness - Edgar Allan Poe.   01.17.11 playlist:  Eric McFadden - Edgar Allan Polka  Count Zero - Golden Years Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Song of Joy The Protomen - Father of Death The Cranes - Everywhere Ghostfire - Ghostways of Paris "Bonnie" Prince Billy - A Minor Place DeVotchKa - Last Beat of My Heart Pete Molinari - I Don't Like The Man I Am Nouvelle Vague - So Lonely The Gothic Archies - Smile, No One Cares How You Feel Kanon Wakeshima - Still Doll The Real Tuesday Weld - Waltz for One Kozai Resonance - Between Two Worlds Nina Simone - Four Women  Tom Waits - Road to Peace Curtis Eller - Save Me Joe Louis Karen Elson - The Ghost Who Walks Christopher Walken - The Raven Logo: David Göbel, bulletride.deProduced by the Clockwork Cabaret. Hosted by Emmett & Mingan Davenport. More Info: clockworkcabaret.com, and follow @clockwrkcabaret on Twitter or Facebook.

The Calpurnia has become covered in a sheet of ice due to a severe storm. Mingan goes on a vision quest to ask the spirit world for assistance, leaving Emmett to fend for herself. Will the sisters extricate themselves from the ice? Will Mingan ever wake up? Will Emmett have to go it alone? 01.10.11 playlist: Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow The Decemberists - I Was Meant for the Stage Vermillion Lies - First the Bees The Ditty Bops - Wishful Thinking Birdeatsbaby - Gone! Humanwine - Script Language The Proclaimers - Letter from America Rasputina - Fire & Ice Annie Lennox - Every Time We Say Goodbye Unextraordinary Gentlemen - Open Arms, Empty Air Ukulele Loki's Gadabout Orchestra - I Kiss Too Soon Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea Beat Circus - Delirium Tremens The Denver Gentlemen - Vulture Girl The Hackensaw Boys - Oh, Girl Voltaire - Robber Baron Bette Midler - Otto Titsling (from 'Beaches') They Might Be Giants - The Edison Museum Tin Hat Trio - Helium (with Tom Waits) Reverend Glasseye - Mother Is A Carpegian Man Man - Engrish Bwudd Holly Golightly & the Brokeoffs - Devil Do The End Times Spasm Band - I Don't Roll Like That Da Vinci's Notebook - Hot Soup Professor Elemental - Cup of Brown Joy (Tea Bag Remix) The Andrew Sisters - The Coffee Song The Scarring Party - Everything I Touched Caught Fire The Tiger Lillies - Twenty Five Minutes The Smiths - Frankly Mr. Shankly The Polka Dots - Dream A Little Dream Logo: David Göbel, bulletride.deProduced by the Clockwork Cabaret. Hosted by Emmett & Mingan Davenport. More Info: clockworkcabaret.com, and follow @clockwrkcabaret on Twitter or Facebook.

The sisters bring in the new year with a bang, a cough, and a slight whimper. The sisters tell of their new year's eve adventure and Emmett's slight wounding at the slippery hands of her clockwork monkey, Pierre. 01.03.11 playlist: Florence & the Machine - Dog Days Are Over Flogging Molly - Worst Day Since Yesterday Pink Martini - Que Sera Sera Bakelite 78 - Aurora Ave Motel Bette Midler & James Caan - I Remember You/Dixie's Dream The Beatles - When I'm 64 Neko Case - Deep Red Bells Squirrel Nut Zippers - Put A Lid On It The Gothic Archies - Smile, Nobody Cares How You Feel Revue Noir - Sometimes, Sunshine Tom Waits - Circus (Live) Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - The Carny Gogol Bordello - When Universes Collide The Raconteurs - Broken Boy Soldiers Babyshambles - There She Goes Nina Hagen - Fever The Tiger Lillies - Gonorrhea The Drowning Lovers - Kill Her The Smothers Brothers - The Saga of John Henry Johnny Cash - Sam Hall Dr. Steel - Planet X Marks the Spot Logo: David Göbel, bulletride.deProduced by the Clockwork Cabaret. Hosted by Emmett & Mingan Davenport. More Info: clockworkcabaret.com, and follow @clockwrkcabaret on Twitter or Facebook.

The sisters are attempting to overcome their post-holiday malaise with music, there appears to be visitors aboard the Calpurnia or possibly it's ghosts... The sisters investigate. 12.27.10 playlist: Tom Waits - Chocolate Jesus The Real Tuesday Weld - Cloud Cuckooland The Avalanches - Frontier Psychiatrist Man Man - Van Helsing Boombox Unextraordinary Gentlemen - Ants Under Glass The Damned - History of the World Part 1 Leon Russell - Tightrope The Cog Is Dead - I Want Only You Madness - The Liberty of Norton Folgate Over the Rhine - Who'm I Kiddin' But Me? A Band Called Horse - Truck Song Luminescent Orchestrii - Tea April Smith & the Great Picture Show - Bright White Jacket Eric McFadden - Womanizer Dexter Romweber Duo - Lonesome Train The Two Man Gentlemen Band - Fancy Beer Hugo - 99 Problems Klaus Nomi - The Cold Song Sumi Jo - Queen of the Night Aria Squirrel Nut Zippers - That Fascinating Thing Steam Powered Giraffe - Electricity is in My Soul They Might Be Giant - Birdhouse in Your Soul The Tiger Lillies - Learned Pig Adam Ant - Puss n' Boots Jonathan Coulton - Skullcrusher Mountain Logo: David Göbel, bulletride.deProduced by the Clockwork Cabaret. Hosted by Emmett & Mingan Davenport. More Info: clockworkcabaret.com, and follow @clockwrkcabaret on Twitter or Facebook.

The sisters get into the holly, jolly spirit & play a bunch of christmas music, recites a poem, and shares some silly stories. 12.20.10 playlist: Asylum Street Spankers - Zat You, Santa Claus? Big Bad Voodoo Daddy - Mr. Heatmiser Danny Elfman - What's This? (from 'Nightmare Before Christmas') Kirsty MacColl & The Pogues - Fairytale of New York Tom Waits - Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis The Shroud - Red Over White Squirrel Nut Zippers - Indian Giver Lena Horne - Santa Claus is Coming to Town Gayla Peevey - I Want A Hippopotamus for Christmas Jimmy Durante - Frosty the Snowman Thurl Ravenscroft - You're A Mean One, Mister Grinch The Men Who Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing - Ebanezer's Carol Ray Stevens - Santa Claus is Coming to Town Lou Monte - Dominic the Donkey Richard Cheese - Ice Ice Baby Kate Bush - Babooshka Jeff Buckley - Corpus Christi Carol Rufus Wainwright - Spotlight on Christmas Cocteau Twins - How to bring a blush to the snow The Decemberists - Please Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas) Sufjan Stevens - That was the Worst Christmas Ever Porn Orchard - Christmas Sucks Holly GoLightly - Christmas Tree on Fire Legendary Shack Shakers - God Bless Ye Merry Gentlemen Duke Ellington & his Orchestra - Jingle Bells Ella Fitzgerald - Santa Claus Got Stuck (In My Chimney) Logo: David Göbel, bulletride.deProduced by the Clockwork Cabaret. Hosted by Emmett & Mingan Davenport. More Info: clockworkcabaret.com, and follow @clockwrkcabaret on Twitter or Facebook.

The sisters have returned to the airwaves despite CLANNG's dastardly attempts to sabotage the show. But, alas, there was one casualty - last week's episode, which is now lost in the aether. Meanwhile, on board the Calpurnia, Mingan relates her high-frying adventures... and, the sudden loss of Emmett's shoe. 12.13.10 playlist: Groucho Marx - Hello, I must be going Muppet Folk Band - To Morrow Bonzo Dog Band - Jollity Farms Evelyn Evelyn - Have you seen my sister Evelyn? Allison Kraus, Gillian Welch & Emmylou Harris - Don't Leave Nobody But the Baby Devil Makes Three - The Johnson Family Eli August - Hidden Eden Sophe Lux - Target Market Miss Mamie Lavona the Exotic Mulatta & her White Boy Band - Thief Song Slow Poisoner - Come to Me Rasputina - If Your Kisses Can't Hold the Man You Love Led Zeppelin - Babe, I'm Gonna Leave You Obadiah Parker - Hey Ya The Andrew Sisters - I'll Be With You in Apple Blossom Time The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing - Fox The Tiger Lillies - ABC (Arsenical Bun) The Smiths - Frankly, Mr. Shankly Nouvelle Vague - Our Lips Are Sealed Adam Ant - Stand & Deliver April Smith & the Great Picture Show - Wow & Flutter Asylum Street Spankers - Some of These Days The Dead Brothers - Can't Get Enough Mumford & Sons - Little Lion Man Circus Contraption - If I Told You Once Grinderman - Go Tell the Women Logo: David Göbel, bulletride.deProduced by the Clockwork Cabaret. Hosted by Emmett & Mingan Davenport. More Info: clockworkcabaret.com, and follow @clockwrkcabaret on Twitter or Facebook.

Poor Mingan is holed up in her room, feeling under the weather. Which means that Emmett is left on her own to entertain their listeners... 11.29.10 playlist: Asylum Street Spankers - Cakewalk The Ditty Bops - Wishful Thinking Humanwine - Rivolta Silenziosa Rasputina - Possum of the Grotto They Might Be Giants - The Edison Museum Ewan McGregor, Jose Feliciano, Jacek Koman - El Tango de Roxanne (from 'Moulin Rouge') Ralph Schuckett with Richard Butler - Alabama Song Liza Minelli - Mein Herr (from 'Cabaret') Annie Lennox - Keep Young & Beautiful Al Jolson - I Love to Sing-A (from 'The Singing Kid') The Scarring Party - Leslie Ann Merrimac Groucho Marx - Whatever It Is, I'm Against It The Zydepunks - Dear Molly The Younger Sister Band - Best Boyfriend Danbert Nobacon - Information Storm The Darnell Woodies - Booger Bonzo Dog Doodah Band - Hunting Tigers Out in India The Sweet Hollywaiians - My Girl from the South Sea Isles The Secondhand Marching Band - A Dance to Half Death DaVinci's Notebook - Hot Soup Beirut - Nantes The Magnetic Fields - I Wish I Had An Evil Twin Jose Gonzalez - Teardrop Doyly Carte Opera Company - We Sail the Ocean Blue (from 'H.M.S. Pinafore') Voltaire - This Ship's Going Down The Two Man Gentlemen Band - The Titanic Disaster Squirrel Nut Zippers - The Kraken Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane over the Sea Eisley - Marsh King's Daughter Dead Brothers - Trust in Me April Smith & the Great Picture Show - Bright White Jackets Logo: David Göbel, bulletride.deProduced by the Clockwork Cabaret. Hosted by Emmett & Mingan Davenport. More Info: clockworkcabaret.com, and follow @clockwrkcabaret on Twitter or Facebook.